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History of Holland

by George Edmundson (1848-1930)

The title, “History of Holland,” given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people.(Summary from book prologue)

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• Holland 00 – Prologue – 00:06:44
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  Read by: Esther
• Holland 01 – The Burgundian Netherlands – 00:28:06
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  Read by: Esther
• Holland 02 – Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands – 00:38:34
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  Read by: Marian Brown
• Holland 03 – The Prelude to the Revolt – 00:48:29
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  Read by: Kirsten Ferreri
• Holland 04 – The Revolt of the Netherlands – 01:07:09
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  Read by: Riccardo
• Holland 05 – William the Silent – 00:36:58
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  Read by: Gesine
• Holland 06 – The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic – 01:08:13
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  Read by: Marloes
• Holland 07 – The System of Government – 00:24:51
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  Read by: Cori Samuel
• Holland 08 – The Twelve Years Truce – 00:21:35
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  Read by: Esther
• Holland 09 – Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt – 00:32:14
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  Read by: hefyd
• Holland 10 – From the end of the Twelve Years’ Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange – 00:54:10
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  Read by: hefyd
• Holland 11 – The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion – 01:22:41
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  Read by: Jim Mowatt
• Holland 12 – Letters, Science and Art – 00:49:34
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  Read by: Cori Samuel
• Holland 13 – The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688] – 00:25:06
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  Read by: Sibella Denton
• Holland 14 – The Rise of John de Witt. The First English War – 00:30:38
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  Read by: Fracture
• Holland 15 – The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War – 00:29:25
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  Read by: hefyd
• Holland 16 – The last years of De Witt’s Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion – 00:41:42
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  Read by: hefyd
• Holland 17 – The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly – 00:17:53
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  Read by: Jim Mowatt
• Holland 18 – The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688 – 00:38:29
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  Read by: Marloes Schoonheim
• Holland 19 – The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702 – 00:30:46
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  Read by: Cori Samuel
• Holland 20 – The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715 – 00:36:30
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  Read by: Jim Mowatt
• Holland 21 – The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740 – 00:22:47
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  Read by: Esther
• Holland 22 – The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751 ] – 00:27:16
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  Read by: Sibella Denton
• Holland 23 – The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766] – 00:12:05
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  Read by: Sibella Denton
• Holland 24 – William V. First Period, 1766-1780] – 00:13:14
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  Read by: Sibella Denton
• Holland 25 – Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788] – 00:26:44
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  Read by: Sibella Denton
• Holland 26 – The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795 – 00:18:50
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  Read by: Cori Samuel
• Holland 27 – The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806] – 00:34:00
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  Read by: Sibella Denton
• Holland 28 – The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814 – 00:27:34
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  Read by: Cori Samuel
• Holland 29 – The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815 – 00:24:28
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  Read by: Esther
• Holland 30 – The Kingdom of the Netherlands–Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830 – 00:37:21
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  Read by: Ezwa
• Holland 31 – The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842 – 00:47:07
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  Read by: Ezwa
• Holland 32 – William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849 – 00:15:51
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  Read by: Cori Samuel
• Holland 33 – Reign of William III to the Death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872 – 00:22:34
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  Read by: Menno
• Holland 34 – The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898 – 00:23:48
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  Read by: Menno
• Holland 35 – The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917 – 00:09:05
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  Read by: Menno
• Holland 36 – Epilogue – 00:11:20
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  Read by: Esther

Cataloged on July 20, 2007